Forwarded from: William Knowles <wkat_private>
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/2002/07/08/news/local/3589570.htm
[You have to wonder why airport officials were initially concerned
that a hacker had turned off the runway lights, unless one can
remotely control them via a dial-up or the Internet? - WK]
Wed, Jul. 03, 2002
Federal investigators have determined that a computer malfunction
stopped runway lights at Miami International Airport from being turned
on for about half an hour Saturday evening, an FBI spokeswoman said
Tuesday.
Airport officials were initially concerned that a hacker caused the
disruption.
''We looked into it and determined it was not a hacker,'' FBI
spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said.
A representative for Siemens Airfield Solutions, which designed the
lighting system, said it was a simple hardware problem in which a
touch screen wasn't communicating with the main computer.
''The touch screen that turns the lights on was not responding,'' said
Joe Pokoj, director of sales and marketing for Siemens.
The problem occurred at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday, when officials tried
to turn the lights on and the system did not respond.
The runways were closed temporarily until officials turned the lights
on manually by 8:55 p.m.
Aviation officials said only a couple of planes were affected.
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